Edimax WiFi Turns Off Automatically

[Ajit Wadekar]

Hello,

I am using Edimax WiFi Adapter. Here i have done all the configuration as given in the following link by adafruit for beagle bone black:

https://learn.adafruit.com/setting-up-wifi-with-beaglebone-black/configuration

Now this script and services run fine on boot up and regular operations.

But most of the time I have a problem where the working WiFi of Beagle Bone Black goes down and Edimax Adapter turns off. Now in order to get WiFi up I have to use following commands to "Ifdown wlan0" and "Ifup wlan0" by connecting BBB to USB or restart the BBB.

I need a very reliable WiFi connection which should never turn off. It should be able to connect router automatically even if the router goes down and comes up after some time.

Here i have disabled HDMI and I am using 5V,2A Adapter.

Regards,
Ajit Wadekar

[Siji Sunny]

Something similar we faced earlier with RaspberryPI, and identified that USB port is not providing enough power to run the WiFi adapter, solved by using external USB Hub, which been powered separately.

 

Regards,
Ajit Wadekar

--
For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/a5bb7cd2-3555-4b25-9e9c-013a1d83c7af%40googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

--

Siji Sunny

[Ajit Wadekar]

Thanks sunny. Will test that out, but is there any other solution other than external hub?

[Tsan-Ming Chou]

I used Edimax USB Wi-Fi adapter on Raspberry Pi. I would suggest you to refer to this article. This scheme is good except you need another device to behave as a controller.

Tsan-Ming 

--